When put horatio on the bridge online link to jests1400
MCDLXXXV. — HE WHO SUNG “ THE LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. ”
[on jests1600, the joke MDCLXXXIX. — QUAINT EPITAPH.
DR. FULLER having requested one of his companions to make an epitaph for him, received the following : —
“Here lies Fuller’ s earth ! ”
made it into pennyworth of epitaphs]
this joke (jests1400 is from vade-medum with another name instead of idiot
MCDXXV. — QUESTION ANSWERED.
THAT idiot W—— coming out of the Opera one night, called out, “Where is my fellow ?” — “Not in England, I ’ll swear,” said a bystander.
this from jests1300 is from vade-
MCCCXCVII. — THE MONEY-BORROWER DECEIVED.
A YOUTH had borrowed a hundred pounds of a very 307 rich friend, who had concluded that he should never see them again. He was mistaken, for the youth returned him the money. Some time after, the youth came again to borrow, but was refused. “No, sir,” said his friend, “you shall not deceive me twice.”
on jests1200, this is in vade-mecum:
MCCLXII. — A PLEASANT PARTNER.
A FARMER having bought a barn
also jests1200, from v-m.
MCCLIX. — A LAST RESOURCE.
VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham, was making his complaint to Sir John Cutler, a rich miser,
and same page 1200. has other one:
MCCXXXVII. — THE WORST OF TWO EVILS.
VILLIERS, Duke of Buckingham, in King Charles II.’s time, was saying
on jests1100, has from v-m.
MCLXVII. — ORATORY.
AT the time when Sir Richard Steele was preparing his great room in York Buildings
jests1100 from v-m
MCLXII. — TRUE AND FALSE.
A BEGGAR asking alms under the name of a poor scholar, a gentleman
[knows no latin.]
this on jests1100, is attributed to julius caesar in v-m.
MCLIX. — A REBUKE.
A BRAGGART, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, asserted that he had received his scars in battle. “Then,” said an old soldier, “be careful the next time you run away, and don’t look back. ”
this jests1100, is in pennyworth series:
MCXLVII. — A REASON FOR RUNNING AWAY.
OWEN MOORE has run away,
Owing more than he can pay.
this from jests1100 is in pennyworth epitaphs:
MCXLI. — EPITAPHS.
IF truth, perspicuity, wit, gravity, and every property pertaining to the ancient or modern epitaph, may be expected united in one single epitaph, it is in one made for Burbadge, the tragedian, in the days of Shakespeare, — the following being the whole, — Exit Burbadge.
from jests1000, has been transformed from v-m.
MLXXXV. — THE AGED YOUNG LADY.
AN old lady, being desirous to be thought younger than she was, said that the was but forty years old. A student who sat near observed, that it must be quite true, for he had heard her repeat the same for the last ten years.
This from jests1000, is from v-m, and uses in Lincoln jokes:
MXV. — A REVERSE JOKE.
A SOLDIER passing through a meadow, a large mastiff ran at him, and he stabbed the dog with a bayonet. The master of the dog asked him why he had not rather struck the dog with the butt-end of his weapon ? “So I should,” said the soldier, “if he had run at me with his tail ! ”
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